Swine-feeder



B. WINTERS.

SWINE FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1919.

1,333,787. Patented Mar. 16,1920.

A 3mm face or the side walls 6.

nnooxs WINTERS, or ADAMS, TENNESSEE.

SWINE-FEEDER. f

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mai. 16, 1920.

Application filed September 6, 1919. Serial No. 322,213.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Bnoorzs VVIn'rEns, a citizen of the linlted States, residing at Adams, in the county of Robertson and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swine- Feeders, of which the followin is a s ecification, reference being had to the acconu panying drawings. V v

This invention relates to feeders, and particularly to thatftype operated by the animal. and has for its object to provide a device of this character that can only be operated by swine, and prevents access to the feeder of. all other live stock and poultry.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a door forthe feederoperated by the head of the swine, andso constructed that it closes when disengaged from the head of the swine. 7

These objects are attained by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which: I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the feeder. l r

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates a feeder having side walls 6, end walls 7 and a bottom 8, which extends beyond the outer Positioned een trally of the bottom 8 is a spreader 9 intended to spread the feed toward the side walls 6. The end walls 7 include extensions 10. which project beyond the outer'face ot the side walls 6, and cooperatewith the 6X- tending portion of the bottom in forming a if d trough 11.

Extending upwardly from the ends of the bottom extension is a flange 12 which constitutes the front oi the trough. The lower ends of the side walls 6 terminate in spaced relation to the bottom of the feeder, so to provide an opening through which the Feed passes into the trough. from the outer surface of the side walls 3 is plurality of partitions 13, which cooperate with the end extension to form teeding chambers. Disposed over the upper portions of the end extensions and partitions, is a top 14, while depemling from the top is a flange 15. Hinged to the outer surface of the side walls 6 of each feeding chamber is a door 16, which is inclined downwardly tending over the front portion 'ci j trons, a flange depending from the cover,

Extending from the side walls and engages and projects over the flange 12 of the trough.

In operation, the head of the swine is engaged with the projecting portion of the door 16 and is-thereby raised to permit aecess of the head of an animal. As the door 16 is engaged with the head of the animal,

there-is no possible way for poultry to enter the opening as it is entirely engaged by the head of the swine. lVhen the swine leaves the feeder, the door swings downwardly and engages the front flange of the trough and not only prevents the entrance of fowl, but

prevents the entrance of dirt and the elements through the cooperation of the top i l of the feeding chambers.

From the foregoing description, it will be readily seen that in view of the novel arrangement of the door and chambers, it

impossible for any live stock or poultry,

with the exception of swlne to operate or gain access to the trough, At the same time, the door can be easily operated by the swine.

lVhat is claimed is: p A device of the character described coin prising a trough, end walls extending upwardly from said trough, eachend wallhar:

ing an upper reduced extension, side walls supported by the end walls, thelower portions of said side walls being disposed inwardly of the side portions of the end walls and sides of the trmigluthe upper portion of the side walls being disposed in the plane or the edges of said extensions, a. plurality of spaced partitions proyecting from the outer surface of the side walls. the outer edges of the partitions being disposed in the plane of the edges of the end walls, a cover mounted on'the upper portion of theend walls at the base of the extensions and 9X the p arti 4 ("aid flange connecting the outeredgcs ot' the partitions to each, other, and to the end walls, and (loorsswingingly mounted onthe outer surface of the side walls 'betweensthe In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

BROOKS WINTERS. 

